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39 Cards in this Set
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Three basic mythological structures?
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Polytheism, Henotheism, Monotheism
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Original title of Babylonian creation epic?
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Enuma Elish
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5 functions of a King List (Genealogy)
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1) Trace origins of ethnic or social group back to "golden age" for political purpose
2) Provide political authority to those in power 3) Ideological theory (political descent), not based on true chronology 4) show that people have not intermixed 5) some are specialized for specific social groups: high priests, kings |
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Three Major Prophets, in order
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Isaiah
Jeremiah Ezekiel |
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Translation of "Enuma Elish"
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When above
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What is firmament
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domed sky
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What earth feature represents Apsu?
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Fresh water (Tigris & Euphrates)
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What earth feature represents Tiamat?
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Salt water (deep ocean)
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What book is a revision of other books? What are these books names?
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Deuteronomy is a revision of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers
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Creation ex Nehilo; what does it translate to and what/when did it come out of?
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"creation out of nothing; came out of Greek Jewish & Christian thought in 1215 CE
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what author promoted the "god created out of nothing" theory?
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Maccabe
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Egyptian creation story: Main story
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Atum emerges from Nun (world ocean) who then creates the cosmos
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First three commandments are intended for who?
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Priests
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Last 7 commandments are intended for who?
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society (elites, mostly males)
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Who is a classic "reluctant prophet"
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Jonah
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Theodicy
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source of evil
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did evil exist before humans?
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Yes
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Main point of Book of Job
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bad things happen to good people
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wisdom literature
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Biblical works dealing primarily with pracitical and ethical behavior and ultimate religiou questions, such as the problem of evil. (Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of solomon)
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wisdom
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personification of the divine attribute of creative intelligence, pictured in the form of a gracious woman who mediates between god and humanity
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Subtype of parallelism
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antithetic poetry
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antithetic poetry
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1st 2 lines are opposite of last 2
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What group ruled over ANE before ATG's empire spread?
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Persia (500 BC)
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Define numismatics
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study of coins
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List the different rulers of Israel up to the Romans
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Persian-->Greek-->Egyptian-->Syrian-->Independent-->Roman
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When was Jesus born?
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4-5 BCE
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Three reactions of Hellenistic religion
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1) Acceptance (elites)
2) Non-violent rejection (nationalistic move to preserve culture) 3) Violent rejection (same as 2 but with violence) |
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Basic features of Hellenistic Religion:
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1) Gods become very anthropomorphic
2) Deities sympathize with human emotions & concerns 3) Rise of monotheism 4) Syncretism: fusion of Greek and ANE deities & religion 5) Over-riding concern with "Fate" & its deterministic influence on individuals & society 6) Rise of personal "savior religions" to help individuals escape fate 7) Rise of popular savior gods who communicate w/ individuals & sympathizes with personal concerns |
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When is Bible translated from Hebrew-->Greek? What was it called and how was it described to verify it?
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200 BCE. Septuagint, Bunch of priests individually came up with exact same translation.
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Groups of Jewish
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1) Pharisees
2) Sadducees 3) Herodians 4) Essenes |
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When was Jesus born?
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4-5 BCE
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Three reactions of Hellenistic religion
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1) Acceptance (elites)
2) Non-violent rejection (nationalistic move to preserve culture) 3) Violent rejection (same as 2 but with violence) |
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Basic features of Hellenistic Religion:
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1) Gods become very anthropomorphic
2) Deities sympathize with human emotions & concerns 3) Rise of monotheism 4) Syncretism: fusion of Greek and ANE deities & religion 5) Over-riding concern with "Fate" & its deterministic influence on individuals & society 6) Rise of personal "savior religions" to help individuals escape fate 7) Rise of popular savior gods who communicate w/ individuals & sympathizes with personal concerns |
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When is Bible translated from Hebrew-->Greek? What was it called and how was it described to verify it?
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200 BCE. Septuagint, Bunch of priests individually came up with exact same translation.
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Groups of Jewish people
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1) Pharisees
2) Sadducees 3) Herodians 4) Essenes |
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Pharisees
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religious political group in Israel (lawyers, judges according to Torah)--rabbis come out of this group
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Sadducees
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priests (ran temple complex)
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Herodians
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supporters of King Herod dynasty
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Essenes
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separatist; oppose Sadducees and Pharisees; believed their group held the true high priest; saw priest in Israel as "wicked"
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